China: National grain output hits new high in 2025  

In 2025, China's national grain output reached a new high of 715 billion kilograms, up 1.2 percent year-on-year, building on the high base of surpassing the 700 billion-kilogram  milestone for the first time last year, China Media Group reported days ago.

In 2025, the Northeast and Northwest regions of China became the main drivers of increased grain production. At the same time, in the Huang-Huai-Hai major producing area - comprising seven provinces including North China's Hebei, East China's Shandong, Central China's Henan and East China's Jiangsu provinces - which features flat terrain and abundant water resources, yields have continued to rise through concerted efforts despite frequent natural disasters, according to the report. 

Henan Province in Central China has dredged more than 100,000 kilometers of ditches and canals in recent years. This year, it has achieved full connectivity of existing rural ditches and canals, enhancing the capacity for irrigation during droughts and drainage during waterlogging.

In addition to the Huang-Huai-Hai region, grain-producing areas across China have been continuously strengthening themselves, as farmland infrastructure has been steadily upgraded, large-scale efforts to increase yields per unit of area have continued to expand, and the foundation of the nation's grain reserves has been consistently reinforced, said the report. 

According to the report, China's main grain crops include corn, rice, soybeans and potatoes. This year's increase in grain output was primarily driven by corn, a high-yielding crop, which is the country's largest grain crop, accounting for 42.1 percent of total grain output in 2025. 

This year, the sown area for corn increased by 3.3 million mu (220,000 hectares), equivalent to the grain planting area of a major grain-producing county. In terms of yields, the corn yield per mu rose by four kilograms in 2024, and by more than seven kilograms in 2025, said the report. 

The dense planting precision regulated model, which serves as the core of the national corn yield improvement project, has been promoted and applied in major producing regions including the Northwest, Northeast, Huang-Huai-Hai and Southwest, with a nationwide promotion area of nearly 100 million mu in 2025, the report said. 

On December 24, China's National Development and Reform Commission said that it would intensify efforts to implement a new round of initiatives to raise grain production capacity by 100 billion jin, with a focus on boosting corn and soybean output while consolidating and enhancing staple grain production.

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